Pyeongchang 2018

February 7 - Lee Kun-hee (pictured), the convicted former chairman of Samsung given the biggest fine in South Korea's history, has been reinstated as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) even though it was deemed that what he did was "ethically reprehensible".

February 6 - South Korea's Lee Kun-hee (pictured) is set to be reinstated as a full member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here tomorrow despite being convicted in one of the biggest corporate cases in his country's history and fined a record 110 billion won (£58 million).

January 18 - Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Olympics has received another boost after Hanjin Group, the parent group of Korean Air, the country's largest air carrier, donated 3 billion won (£1.6 million) towards its campaign.

January 10 - Lee Kun-hee (pictured), the former chairman of Samsung, claims to have met several members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during his first foreign trip since being given a Presidential pardon so he can help Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

January 10 - South Korean officials fear that Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics could be dragged into a controversy involving Chun Shin-il (pictured), the chief executive of Sejoong Namo Tour and the President of the Korea Wrestling Federation (KWF), who has been linked with giving bribes to referees during the 2008 Games in Beijing.

January 6 - Bavarian ice hockey clubs SC Riessersee and EHC Munich will this week put local rivalry behind them in a united and unique show of support for Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

January 1 - Civic groups in South Korea have denounced the Presidential pardon of former Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee for embezzlement and tax evasion convictions so that he can resume his position as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and help Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Games.

December 30 - German Nordic skiing legend Peter Schlickenrieder (pictured) is the latest big sportsman to sign-up to be an ambassador of Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

December 29 - Samsung Group's former chairman Lee Kun-hee (pictured) has been pardoned by South Korean President Lee Myung Bak from a tax evasion conviction to help him lead Pyeongchang's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, it was announced today.

December 23 - Munich’s hopes of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2018 have been lifted with the opening of a new 1.5 kilometre cable car service, capable of carrying up to 2,000 passengers per hour to the pistes of Garmisch-Partenkirchen – a key location for the Munich 2018 alpine events.

December 21 - Havas Sports & Entertainment, the second largest advertising group in France, has won the marketing and communications contract to promote Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, it has been announced.

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Fact of the day

When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.

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